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+/*****************************************************************************
+ *                                  _   _ ____  _
+ *  Project                     ___| | | |  _ \| |
+ *                             / __| | | | |_) | |
+ *                            | (__| |_| |  _ <| |___
+ *                             \___|\___/|_| \_\_____|
+ *
+ */
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <curl/curl.h>
+
+int main(void)
+{
+  CURL *curl;
+  CURLcode res;
+  struct curl_slist *recipients = NULL;
+  
+  /* this becomes the Return-Path header value */
+  static const char *from = "bradh@exmaple.com";
+  
+  /* this becomes the Envelope-to header value */
+  static const char *to = "bradh@example.net";
+
+  curl = curl_easy_init();
+  if(curl) {
+    /* this is the URL for your mailserver - you can also use an smtps:// URL here */
+    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "smtp://mail.example.net.");
+    
+    /* Note that this often isn't required, libcurl will sent the MAIL FROM command
+     * with no sender data. That may result in the receive SMTP system rewriting the
+     * header, which will look a bit strange. */
+    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_MAIL_FROM, from);
+    
+    /* Note that the CURLOPT_MAIL_RCPT takes a list, not a char array */
+    recipients = curl_slist_append(recipients, to);
+    /* You really do have to set this one though - libcurl won't work without it */
+    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_MAIL_RCPT, recipients);
+
+    /* You provide the remaining headers (including To:, Cc:, Bcc: and From:) and
+     * the body of the message as the "data" element. There are two choices - either
+     * provide a callback function and specify the function name using the
+     * CURLOPT_READFUNCTION option; or just provide a FILE pointer that can be used
+     * to read the data from. The easiest case is just to read from standard input,
+     * as shown here.
+     */
+    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_READDATA, stdin);
+
+    /* send the message (including headers) */
+    res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
+
+    /* always cleanup */
+    curl_slist_free_all(recipients);
+    
+    /* curl won't send the QUIT command until you call cleanup, so you should be able
+     * to re-use this connection for additional messages (setting CURLOPT_MAIL_FROM and
+     * CURLOPT_MAIL_RCPT as required, and calling curl_easy_perform() again. It may not
+     * be a good idea to keep the connection open for a very long time though.
+     */
+    curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
+  }
+  return 0;
+}